Bosnian Pyramids Video

In January and February of this year (2011), I made a number of posts on the Pyramids in Bosnia. In these posts, I referred to numerous established archaeologists’ assessments that the discovery of a group of pyramids in the small European country of Bosnia where actually a hoax. They say that what appear to be pyramids are actually pyramid-shaped hills.

Perhaps.

Today I viewed a number of YouTube videos in which Bosnian Pyramid discoverer Dr. Sam Semir Osmanagic of Bosnia, presently of Houston, Texas, USA, gives a Powerpoint Presentation showing carved stones fitted together to make a terrace and tunnels that definitely look man made. If these are the original stones uncovered from under earth and vegetation, they could not be natural formations. The stones fit together at 90 degree angles and are level. Here’s a link to the third of 4 online videos on the Bosnian Pyramids. The video is over 12 minutes long and took quite a while to load on my computer.

Happy Thanksgiving Day

There are so many things to be thankful for …

U.S. Thanksgiving dishes different than in Canada

I just wrote to my cousin in Canada that today I was preparing for the biggest family day in the U.S.; namely, Thanksgiving Day.

Some Thanksgiving Day dishes I never made nor saw while growing up and living my early adulthood in Canada are:

* Green bean casserole sprinkled on top with canned, crisp onions
* Cooked carrots and rutabagas mashed together and flavored with butter
* Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows and brown sugar on top

Or is it that these are mainly Southern delicacies? And, perhaps, now that I live in the South, these dishes are what Southerners cook and eat as part of their traditional Thanksgiving Feast.

Are the ancient supercontinents of Gondwana and Pangaea related in any way?

I wondered if Gondwana had anything to do with Pangaea the ancient supercontinent. According to Wikipedia, the supercontinent of Gondwana, which was originally called Gondwanaland, joined with Laurasia to form Pangaea. Gondwana existed from 510 to 180 million years ago.

I’m interested, because I wonder if there is evidence that points to previous lost continents such as Atlantis and Lemuria.

Gondwana became Australia, Antarctica and India

Jo Wittaker, Sydney University geophysicist says that the fossils of creatures in the sunken parts of Gondwana found off the coast of Australia show that the land was once part of the megacontinent and were not created by undersea volcanic activity. She called it

an exciting discovery which would hopefully shed light on how Gondwana broke into present-day Australia, Antarctica and India between 80 and 130 million years ago.
~ Parts of Gondwana megacontinent found off Australia

Since Australia is considered a remnant of the lost continent of Lemuria Mu, the discovery of these sunken parts of Gondwana could be undersea remnants of Lemuria Mu.

Possible parts of the lost continent of Lemuria discovered off the coast of Australia

It was once a megacontinent. It encompassed present-day Australia, Antarctica, and India. We call it Gondwana.

Parts of the submerged portions of Gondwana were found a month ago off the cost of Australia. Rocks on the underwater “islands” show fossils that once existed in shallow coastal waters, not in their present location, 2,000 meters or 6,600 feet–more than a mile–below the ocean floor . These submerged islands had likely once been above water.

Were they once part of the lost continent of Lemuria?

Mayan Mythology, 2012, and the end of the world

A Live Science article by Benjamin Radford addresses the doomsday meaning of the end of the Mayan calendar on December 21 2012. Radford says that:

In fact, the link between global catastrophe and Mayan calendar-based prophecy is largely fiction. Ads for “2012” begin with the phrase, “The Mayans warned us,” though of course the Mayans did not “warn” anyone — they simply had a calendar system that happens to “end” in 2012, much as the way the Gregorian calendar on my office wall “ends” on Dec. 31.
The Truth about 2012 Doomsday Hype

The 2012 End of the World View attempts to reconcile two conflicting beliefs: Lorenzo DiTommaso

Lorenzo DiTommaso, professor of religion at Concordia University in Montreal, says that the worldview of expecting an end of the world, whether on December 21, 2012, or at some other time, is a very persistent and powerful way of understanding the world.

He says that when people feel as if the world is out of control and beyond their comprehension, a belief in the end of the world returns order to the world.

“Problems have become so big, with no solutions in sight, that we no longer see ourselves able as human beings to solve these problems,” DiTommaso said. “From a biblical point of view, God is going to solve them. From other points of view, there has to be some sort of catastrophe.”

The apocalyptic worldview springs from a desire to reconcile two conflicting beliefs.

“The first is that there is something dreadfully wrong with the world of human existence today,” he said. “On the other hand, there is a sense that there is a higher good or some purpose for existence, a hope for a better future.”

Viewing the world as a flawed place headed toward some sort of cosmic correction reconciles these two beliefs, DiTommaso said.

The Draw of Doomsday: Why people look forward to the end

Mayan end of the world prophecies influenced by Spanish conquerers

Interestingly, Europeans feared the end of the world as long ago as the 1500s, during the time the Spanish were exploring and conquering the Americas. The 2012 end of the world mania is not new.

Notably, Hoopes said, Mayan end-of-the-world prophecies don’t appear in the historical record until after the group made contact with Christian missionaries — a bunch of people with their own strong beliefs about the end of days.
In fact, astrological end-time predictions were popular in the 1500s, when Franciscan missionaries began voyaging to the New World. In 1524, Hoopes said, an astrological conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter spurred fears of a second Great Flood, touching off panic.
“They were actually preparing for this catastrophe by buying real estate on high places and by stocking up on whatever the 16th-century equivalent of duct tape and bottled water was,” Hoopes said.
Biblical doomsday predictions would have certainly made it to Mayan ears, Hoopes said. In other words, Mayan prophecies simply appropriated Christian theology.
“The world for the Mayas really did end in the Spanish conquest,” Hoopes said. “So they incorporated that into their explanation of what was happening to them.”
11/11/11 How Friday is Tied to the Mayan Apolocalypse

2012 Mythology thought up by people on drugs

John Hoopes, a Mayan history scholar from the University of Kansas says that:

“If it seems like the 2012 mythology was thought up by people on drugs, it’s because it was.”
~ 11/11/11 How Friday is Tied to the Mayan Apocalypse

An interesting concept, in my humble opinion.